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ZACHARIAH L. TRAINHAM, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

Application filed June 7, 1906. Serial No. 320,589.

T o all whom-Lt may concern:

Be it known that I, ZAoHARrAi-i L. TRAIN- HAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of -I-Ienrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop-Wringers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in wash buckets and wringing devices carried thereby.

The object of the invention is to improve and simplify the construction and operation of devices of this character, and thereby render the same more efficient and durable and less expensive.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of' construction, combination, and arrangement of devices, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying draWings,-Fig'ure,1 is a side elevation of my improved .Wash bucket; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same; Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view; and Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1. denotes a wash bucket or other receptacle, which is preferably in the form of a rectangular-shaped metal boX provided With a transverse vertical partition 2, which divides it into two compartments 3, 4. The larger of these compartments. 3, -is adapted to contain clean Water an may be used as a Wash tub, in which clothes may be scrubbed, or as a Wash bucket for use in cleaning Windows, floors, and the like, and the smaller of said compartments, 4, is adapted to contain the dirty water wrung from the mop or cleaning cloths.

In the compartment 3 is removably mounted a scrubbing board 5 consisting of two side bars 6 connected by cylindrical cross-bars 7, about which is wound or coiled heavy .wire 8. These cross bars are so spaced apart that the wire coils upon the adjacent sections just touch each other. It will be seen that these coils provide a surface upon which clothes or the like may be effectively rubbed to remove the dirt therefrom. The side bars 6 of the wash board are disposed angularly and engage the inner faces of the sides of the compartment 3,

their lower ends being beveled, so as to rest upon the bottom of the bucket. Coacting with the uppermost bar 7 ofthe rubbing board is a similar coil 8 upon a wringing roller 9, which has its trunnions 10 journaled in the upper ends of arms 11. The latter are pivotally mounted upon studs or proj ections 12 provided upoii the outer sides of the boX or bucket 1, and are adapted to be swung or actuated by a lever 13. The arms 11 and the lever13 are preferably formed from a single piece of heavy wire by bending the same, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, portions of said wire being coiled about the pivots or trunnions 12, Which are formed of cylindrical blocks clamped upon the sides of the boX or bucke by bolts.

The lever 13 is coiled about the arm 11, as shown, to give the combination additional strength. The arm 11 is bent between its ends to form a bow-spring to hold the roller 9 against the upper edges of the vessel, so that the roller 9 may be properly guided for cooperation with the roller 7. mits of the use of the wire arm and lever, with the resulting economy Without the disadvantage of its lack of rigidity. It will be seen that after the clothes have been rubbed upon the board, the lever 13 is depressed to swing the roller 9 outwardly to clamp the clothes between its coil and that of the uppermost cross-bar of the wash board, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

In order to wring the dirty water from the mops or wash cloths, I provide in the upper portion of the smaller compartment, 4, adj acent to its outer end, a stationary cross-bar 15, with which coacts a swinging roller 16. This roller 16 and cross-bar 15 are covered with coiled wire similar to the cross-bars and roller previously described, and the roller 16 has its trunnions 17 projecting through curved or arc-shaped slots 18, formed in the sides of the boX or bucket 1. Said trunnions pass through eyes upon the ends of the arms 19, which are pivoted upon projections or trunnions 20, and are operated by the lever 21. This lever and the arms 19 are formed from a single piece of heavy wire, as shown, and the pivots or trunnions 20 are similar to the pivots 12. It will be seen that when the lever 21 is de ressed, the roller 16 will be swung upward y against the stationary crossbar or roller 16, so that when the mop or wash cloth is pulled therethrough, the dirty This adwater will be squeezed from it and will drop into the compartment 4. The top ol the latter, if desired, may be closed by a removable cover 22, in the top ol which is formed a slot or opening 23.

To permit the device to be readily carried, I preferably provide it with a bail-handle 24, pivoted at the centers of the ends of the boX or bucket, as shown at 25.

From the 'foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood Without requiring a more extended eX lanation.

Various changes in the "orm, proportion, and the minor details .of construction may be resorted to without departing from the prinp ciple or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention, as delined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is,-

1. In a device of the class described, a vessel, a stationary roller arranged therein, a lever and side arms thereon formed of one continuous piece of wire ivoted to the sides of said vessel, and a rol er journaled between the ends of said arms for movable co' eration with said stationary rollers, said ever being bent into loops which encircle said arms, each of said arms being bent to form a bow spring between its pivoted point and its free end to resiliently ho d said roller against the upper edges of said vessel to be guided by the same for cooperation with the stationary roller.

2. In a device of the class described, a vessel, a stationary roller arranged therein, a lever and side arms thereon formed of a continuous piece of resilient wire and pivoted to opposite sides of said vessel, a movable roller journaled between the free ends of said arms and adapted to work upon and be guided by the upper edges of said vessel in cooperation with said stationary roller, said arms being angularly bent to form a bow spring to resiliently hold said movable roller against said upper edges, and loops on said lever twisted from said wire and encircling said arms between their pivot points and their angularly bent portions.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ZACHARIAH L. TRAINHAM.

Witnesses:

JENIFER P. DAvrs, CHAs. H. CosBY. 

